Videos

Cherub of the Mist – Award-winning documentary film on the release of two zoo-bred red pandas.
Click here to watch it as Discovery Channels screening “Return of the Firecat” on YouTube if FactualTV is restricted in your territory. Mini and Sweety were released on November 14, 2003 into the Singhalila National Park in the Darjeeling District, India, right on the border with RPN’s project area in Nepal. Filmed by Naresh Bedi and Rajesh Bedi during 14 months it is a rare documentary on the elusive red pandas in their natural habitat. The film shows the successful pioneering of a release into nature, courtship, mating, nest building, and rearing of cubs.

Links

Rotterdam Zoo
These PDF documents lists information on all of the red panda zoo population. It is a wealth of information for those wanting to learn more about the captive bred red panda zoo population.

IUCN Red List
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission hosts a Red List of Endangered Species providing taxonomic, conservation status, and distribution information on endangered species. Red Panda were classified as endangered until a 2008 change to vulnerable without new data; RPN and partners are working to provide better data for review and revision.